Research

My group explores the intrinsic photophysics of isolated molecular ions in vacuo using state-of-the-art equipment. We have designed and built two setups for fluorescence spectroscopy of mass-selected ions, LUNA (LUminescence iNstrument in Aarhus) and LUNA2, the latter operating at cryogenic temperatures. As an example, we have revealed the true color of oxyluciferin, the molecular anion responsible for light emission from fireflies, click beetles, and railroad worms.   

Profile

PhD University of Copenhagen (2000). (Student visits University of Oslo, University of Alberta, and Yale.) Post doc Aarhus University and Princeton University. Invited Guest Professor Université Paris 13, Université Paris13, Université de Caen Basse Normandie, and Université Paris-Sud 11 (Orsay). JILA Visiting Fellow, University of Colorado, Boulder. dr scient Aarhus University.

Cooperation and dissemination

Professor Henrik G. Kjærgaard, University of Copenhagen

Professor Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen, University of Copenhagen

Dr. Mark H. Stockett, Stockholm University

Dr. James N. Bull, University of East Anglia

Teaching

Courses on mechanics; thermodynamics; electrodynamics; biophysics; photobiophysics; energy and climate; modern physics for chemists; group theory and electronic structure of molecules.